Means and method for wrapping and packing bottles and the like



g- 4, 1931- A. L. BOBRICK ,8

MEANS AND METHOD FOR WRAPPING AND PACKING BOTTLES AND THE LIKE Filed Feb. 9, 1929 Patented Aug. 4, 1931 PATENT OFFICE ARTHUR L. BOBRICK, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA MEANS AND METHOD FOR WRAPPING AND PACKING BOTTLES AND THE LIKE Application filed February 9, 1929.

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An object also is to provide a bottle wrapper composed of two separable portions of cushioned material such as corrugated paper, one of which sections is non-detachably held on the body of the bottle, and the other of which is detachably held thereon around the neck and upper portion of the boitle, so that it may be readily detached from the fixed portion and removed for pouring off the contents of the bottle.

As distinguished from the other wrappers, my invention contemplates the permanent attachmentof a cushioned wrapper to the body of the bottle whereon it is adapted to be retained for protecting the bottle against breakage. In such a wrapper the label may be printed on the wrapper instead of on separate sheets applied thereto.

Other and more detailed objects of invention will appear as the description progresses.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown two forms of my invention, in which Fig. 1 represents a bottle wrapped and packed for shipment.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a bottle with the form of wrapper shown in Fig. 1 thereon, the wrapper being shown in section.

Fig. 3 is a view of a modified form of wrapper in position on the bottle.

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of a bottle with the fixed portion of the wrapper thereon and the detachable portion removed.

Broadly considered, my invention comprises a wrapper including a body portion A and a neck portion A adapted to be applied to a bottle B as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. In its simplest form, as shown in Fig. 3, the wrappers A and A1 are formed separately of corrugated paper such as is ordinarily used in Serial No. 338,824.

packing fragile and breakable articles. In this form of device the corrugations a are disposed vertically and the wrappers are formed by bending sheets of the corrugated wrapping material around the bottle and joining the ends thereof by means of vertical adhesive strips, as at C and C.

The lower end of the body portion A is flush with the bottom of the bottle B and at is upper end extends approximately to a point below the concave portion of the neck B of the bottle. The upper section A of the wrapper conforms in size to the lower wrapper A and when formed separately, its lower end abuts the upper end of the wrapper A at the joint al. The section A is of sufficient length to slightly more than cover the cap B1 of the bottle B, as shown in Fig. 2.

The wrapper A is suitably attached to the body of the bottie A by cement, glue, or otherwise, so that it will be permanently retained on the body of the bottle, while the upper wrapper A is adapted to be removably held on the bottle, as shown in F ig. 4.

The joint A1 between the wrappers A and A is adapted to be covered by a strip of adhesive tape, paper, or fabric C1 in such a manner that the tape C1 will substantially overlap the adjacent portions of the abutting wrappers, as shown in Fig. 3.

An optional form of device includes the provision of transverse ribs B2, B2 etc, on the periphery of the bottle B which are in cross section of a form corresponding to the corrugations a, a etc, which in this form of wrapper are disposed transversely, as shown in Fig. 2. The ribs or beads B2 will ordinarily suflice to nondetachably'hold the body wrapper A against removal from the bottle, while the upper wrapper A may be detached at will-therefrom.

I may print a label D directly on the outer sheet of the corrugated body wrapper A, as shown in 1 inlieu of printing and attaching a separate label to the wrapper, tho this is not material to my invention.

v The advantages of my improved means and method for wrapping bottles and the like will readily appear to those engaged in the manufacture and sale of commodities which are The bottles are packed in'cartons the usual manner, but instead of providing each bottle with a tubular corrugated wrapper Lsivgoei with a bottle, a corrugated wrapper non-detachably secured to and encompassing the body of the bottle, a corrugated wrapper encompassing the neck of the bottle and having its lower end abutting the upper end of the body wrapper, and an adhesive tape overlapping the adjacent portions of the body and neck wrappers for det-achably securing the neck wrapper in position.

ARTHUR. L. BOBRICK.

which is removable tromthe bottle, I provide the bottlewith two sections of wrapper, only one portion of which is removable therefrom,

. while the other is permanently retained on the bottle. I I

Thus, the body wrapper A becomes substantially an integral part of the container.

It is obvious that the upper section of wrapper A may be removed from the bottle by cutting the adhesive strip G1 on the line A1 at the junction between the two sections of wrapper.

-What I claim is:

1. Themethod of wrapping bottles and the like which consists in covering the body'of a bottle with a non-detachable cushion wrapping to prevent'breakage when the bottle is in-use, covering the remaining portion of the bottle with a similar wrapper, and detaehably securing the last mentioned wrapper to the body wrapper whereby the same may be removed for exposing the mouth of the bottle when the bottle is in use. a

2. The method of wrapping bottles which consists inpermanently attaching a cushioned wrapper to the body of a bottle, covering the neck and'mouth of the bottle with a similar wrapper, and detachably securing the last per to the bottle whereby the same may be mentioned wrapper to the body wrapper, for the purpose described;

3. The method of wrapping bottles and the "like which consists in wrapping" the body and neck portions of a bottle with separate cushioned wrappers, securing the body wrapper to the bottle against removal when the bottle is in use, detachably securing the neck wrapremoved while permitting the retention of the body'wrapper. I I

4. The method of wrapping bottles and the like which consists in separately wrapping the body and neck portions of a bottle with cushioned wrappers, non-detachablysecurv ing the body wrapper to the bottle, and cover- 1 ing adjacent portions of the two wrappers with an adhesive tape whereby the neck wrappe-r'm'ay be removed from the bottle when the tape is jcu-tat the joint between the wrappers. 5. A'bottle wrapping device of the char act-er described, comprising in combination 

